l i s t s !

2009-03-31T08:14:00.000-04:00

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2008-12-21T17:06:00.002-05:00

a sunday list

1. enjoy pretty sky
2. note bittersweet feelings
3. drop carrot end on floor because i missed the table where it should have done
4. ruminate over lack of swimming and other activities that enhance mind-body connection
5. think about preparing chicken
6. remove chicken from brine solution
7. prepare assortment of local winter vegetables
8. assemble in oven-safe roasting vessel
9. roast chicken beginning at very high temperature, systematically adjusting downward in intervals of 10 or 20 minutes

there is more.

2008-01-11T18:28:00.001-05:00

fun: not as easy as it sounds.

identifying and obtaining fun is not as easy as it seems. here is a list of all the fun i had today. and today did not start out with much fun. in fact, in keeping with my unfortunate wiring as a person who sees the glass half empty before seeing that it is also half full, let us enumerate the ways in which today was: not fun

1. it was necessary to wake up early on a day off
2. there was insufficient time to properly enjoy my coffee
3. rain was impending
4. i did not have an outer garment of an appropriate weight or material to be suitable for today's temperature and precipitation
5. on a day off, i had to ride standing up on a rush hour crowded manhattan-bound d train
6. there was negative energy near me
7. when i attempted to alleviate some interpassenger stress i found myself in the unfortunate but familiar position to do: counseling with strangers who are sleep deprived and in the midst of family crisis

the fun part

1. breakfast at whole foods that consisted of (a) center cut bacon, (b) zucchini latke thing, (c) oat scone, (d) yummy coffee
2. shambhala sun magazine with story about sylvia boorstein, our favorite jubu
3. movie, the diving bell and the butterfly, a difficult movie to watch but going to a movie on a weekday is excellent
4. lunch at a cute cafe that specializes in crepes. it may be portuguese. we had pressed pannini, green salad, and a dessert crepe.
5. ball of fresh, unsalted mozzarella cheese from joe's, and i'm not going to tell you where it is
6. jacques torres, where we got a can of traditional style hot chocolate as a gift for someone, ate samples and watched big rotating vats of chocolate being made

2007-11-30T13:55:00.000-05:00

regret/in a fit of self-righteous and inspired apartment cleansing, i threw out
1. very old wooden and metal test tube holders
2. important menstrual artifact literally yanked off wall of bathroom of building i was working by applying full body weight while hanging, every day for a week

2007-06-05T18:45:00.000-04:00

i am partying

school is out, i'm getting ready to go away to my groovy 9-day silent meditation retreat and the happy weather outside is not convincing me to go out and play. instead, i am inside "taking care of business" on the computer all day long. i am partying. here is what is going on.
1. drinking bottle of china cola
2. eating unsalted bearitos brand tortilla chips
3. feeling too overwhelmed by leisure time to be able to choose music
4. knowing i must brush my teeth and go out to buy fish for the evening meal which is being presented at 8.
5. wanting to bake a cake, but knowing there is no equipment.
6. i just pulled a tortilla chip anomoly out of the dish: it is thick and lumpy and looks like a lot of crumbs baked together yet it is impossible to eat.

later
1. bought glorious, soft eli's sourdough loaf and am carving diligently
2. hunk o pepper jack cheese
3. fresh salmon
4. zucchini
5. whatever - i'm focusing on the bread, cheese and fish parts of this meal.
6. mixed baby green salad with my genius dressing of lemon, salt, and olive oil
later

2007-06-05T18:38:00.000-04:00

i am a smartass

on a certain email list, the following query was offered. it is followed by my as yet unsubmitted suggestions.

query: A strange thought has occurred to me. When we buy commercially made gefilte fish, it is packed in jars with a jelly to keep it moist. When the pieces of fish are removed from the jar (and eaten), the jelly remains, roughly half-filling the jar. It seems passing wasteful to me simply to discard the jelly, but I have no idea what use to make of it. It's edible, of course, but what is there with which it could be combined into something palatable? Any thoughts, anyone? (name withheld)

my suggestions:
1. fill colored balloons with the jelly and drop them off your roof but don't hit old people.
2. collect all the jelly and place it inside a pinata. hang said pinata from a tree and invite your friends over for a pinata busting good time.
3. collect all the jelly and ship it to random people in the phone book.
4. collect all the jelly and ship it to our friends at peta.

there are many other possibilities, but this list seems unbecoming and should be stopped immediately.

more

since posting this about two hours ago, several members have offered their suggestions. i am not making this up.

1. "Thank you for this light and serious challenge!! i am smiling broadly.Every once in awhile when i open the jar of gefilte fish i am saddened to see that i got the wrong one!The “wrong one” for me is the one without the jelly.i pour the jelly out with each gefilte fish piece and mix it up with horseradish and enjoy every bite of withthis mixture. i generally am out of the jelly and i have no “half full” in the jar!Another way to enjoy it is to make scrambled eggs – add some jelly, scallions, salt and pepper.Hope this helps the gefilte fish jelly dilemma!"

2. "I put it in a mug, heat it in the microwave, and drink it as a high protein hot drink for lunch. "

2007-04-05T11:10:00.000-04:00

pesach foods include
1. yehuda matzos
2. lamb
3. guac
4. haroset
5. pear salad with something else crunchy in it
6. chopped liver
7. chicken
8. chocolate walnut cake
9. fruit soup
10. spinach salad
11. regular green salad
12. gefilte fish
13. matzoh ball soup
14. coffee
15. chamomille tea

2007-03-30T16:47:00.000-04:00

today
1. quinoa + tahini + coffee
2. regretful turkey and cheese sandwich + melon + 2-pak cookies
3. three ("3") slices high quality organic turkey + same high quality organic coffee
4. enjoyment watching young girls and boys learn "boot" and "step" dancing
5. satisfaction, in retrospect, at my expanding ability to let pain, sadness, and disappointment pierce my heart instead of constructing elaborate revenge fantasies or endlessly rehearsing self-righteous indignation
6. fear that i will catch cold and not be able to finish all my papers
7. happiness and anticipation of glorious shabbat which will include (1) solo relaxation, (2) kabbalat shabbat service in renewal style in brooklyn, and a (3) day long meditation retreat with much respected teachers from the insight meditation society.
8. unbridled joy in the knowledge that only thirteen ("13") units of field placement remain.

2007-01-19T14:52:00.000-05:00

today's menu
1. spleen-chi supportive herbs
2. water
3. one ("1") boiled egg with sea salt
4. one ("1") piece of sprouted grains bread with organic, smooth, salty peanut butter
5. coffee
6. hummus
7. cherry tomatoes
8. lemon larabar
9. pear

2007-01-08T17:48:00.000-05:00

things left to do this evening

1. eat dinner (see "lame")
2. meet with kit kaplan to design business cards - maybe.
3. work co op shift with great presence. aim for express lane, but accept with gratitude any job that is offered.
4. come home late.
5. drink tea, complain, pet lovely partner.
6. shower.
7. apply ayurvedic facial products with care.
8. obsess about cat.
9. go to sleep.

2007-01-08T17:43:00.000-05:00

i have a new rotation of restaurants in my new and improved life. here they are.

1. al di la (please note random schedule of closing)
2. presto! (thanksgiving day sandwich only)
3. bonnie's bar & grill (wings and burgers only)
4. the chip shop (cod & chips only)
5. stone park (brunch only)
6. perch (cobb salad, desserts, coffee)
7. la villa
8. mekong

2006-10-23T18:03:00.000-04:00

everything is different
1. quit job at law firm.
2. received strange but wonderful gifts from lovely attorneys.
3. misplaced prissy china tea cup but this could be a symbolic way of entering a new period in my life, that is, the non-secretary period.
4. went to maine.
5. started grad school.
6. read millions of pages of things.
7. wrote a million papers.
8. had first client, an 86- year old woman in canarsie.
9. terminated first client.

2006-07-11T17:08:00.000-04:00

what i did today besides work hard

1. ate oatmeal with flaxseed oil for breakfast.
2. got to work on time.
3. found a piece of newspaper in the stall in the ladies room and read about diet and how you should only have one serving of things and that serving should be much much smaller than the size it probably is, and how in the last twenty years americans have supersized and rejected small elegant food and how we are just so fat it's amazing we can stand ourselves.
4. cancelled my aol account, and i hate aol, let me just be clear that i HATE aol, that even though they have an agreement with the attorney general of new york, their practice around account cancellation is irritating and wrong and felt a lot like dealing with an evangelist or worse, my parents.
5. snuck out, with permission of boss, for an iced espresso, and was able to convince him that the best deal at starbucks is the iced doppio for $2.06.
6. ate spinach salad for lunch with lemony sardines, cucumber and tomato even though i have learned that according to my blood type, which is type b, a very modern and evolved type of blood, tomatoes are not ideal or even neutral and can, in fact, be harmful and should be removed from my diet rotation immediately.

2006-06-27T11:09:00.000-04:00

today

1. removed and flushed waterbug on behalf of terrified co-worker
2. had the thought to release the creature into nature but realized this would be difficult given the fact i work in an office building and cannot really come and go as i please
3. am now seen as a hero in the eyes of many
4. am enjoying "breakfast blend" decaf brewed in my french press and served in my prissy china cup and saucer
5. am enjoying the sounds of jerry garcia via pandora as i work, or try to work
6. am thinking about going into the kitchen to enjoy the egg salad made with love by my beloved this very morning
7. am happy with my outfit even though the shoe aspect doesn't thrill me
8. am wondering whether it would be wrong to wear my new birkenstocks to work

2006-06-21T13:45:00.000-04:00

what i'm wearing today

1. faded pink "classic" old navy polo shirt
2. gray pinstriped slacks, summer weight
3. black timberland shoes that bore me to death
4. tortoise shell glasses
5. fancy watch with black band that will soon require replacement

2006-06-21T12:00:00.000-04:00

to do

1. drink decaf coffee i just brewed in plastic bodum given by former friend
2. perform many secretarial tasks with mindfulness, kindness, compassion as if i were diapering the baby buddha himself
3. return wheely-cart i mistakenly purchased at bed, bath & beyond yesterday not realizing that my conversion to a person who uses luggage-on-wheels has taken place
4. leave on time, so as to engage properly and fully in laundry night ritual that includes eating a cobb salad at perch on fifth avenue and enjoying their fine musical selections and ambience.

2006-06-14T17:15:00.000-04:00

books read lately

1. biography of gene simmons
2. confederacy of dunces (again), by john kennedy toole
3. lovingkindness: the revolutionary art of happiness, by sharon salzberg
4. that's funny, you don't look buddhist, by sylvia boorstein
5. it's easier than you think(?), by sylvia boorstein

2006-06-14T17:10:00.000-04:00

today

1. yogurt with strawberry, banana, raisins, almonds
2. coffee
3. two ("2") small containers fresh orange juice
4. 2 boiled eggs with canola mayo and bright yellow mustard
5. foods obtained from advertising meeting including: pieces of salmon with an unknown sauce on them and also some slices of turkey
6. decaf coffee
7. water

2006-04-26T15:49:00.000-04:00

today/tonight

1. work feverishly
2. commute/read
3. change into comfortable clothing
4. feed chickens
5. prepare simple meal of kale and tofu
6. eat above simple meal with proper blessings
7. work on important document
8. ablutions
9. tea/pre-bed cocktail of flaxseed meal and magnesium powder
10. bed

2006-04-26T15:28:00.000-04:00

administrative professional day

1. high quality tote bag with company logo emblazened upon it
2. $25 gift certificate which will be used to purchase books and/or music
3. cubes of many kinds of cheeses
4. grapes of two colors
5. strawberry, large
6. small bottle poland spring water
7. bouquet of lovely orange flowers in nifty wrapping and nifty, heartfelt card

2006-04-16T21:20:00.000-04:00

test

2006-02-10T11:43:00.000-05:00

weekend

1. shabbat
2. yoga
3. long, vigorous walk
4. read
5. movie
6. hot date
7. brunch
8. organize papers
9. call rev. susannah and leave my vocal rendition of mourner's kaddish on her answering machine so she can learn it in order to lead services for her uncle who has not yet died yet but his death is imminent so why not?

2006-02-10T11:41:00.000-05:00

what's in my lunch bag today

1. half ("1/2") banana
2. one ("1") date
3. one ("1") cherry pie larabar
4. one ("1") tin fabulous lemony sardines

what i might buy, in addition to the above

1. something with lots of greens in it, like, japanese seaweed salad, if i can find some

2006-01-06T15:35:00.000-05:00

what i'm going to do this weekend

1. acupuncture
2. welcome shabbat bride
3. prepare and serve dinner - fish?
4. tea and cookies
5. sleep
6. shul
7. yoga
8. socialize with lovely little park slope family, friends from shul
9. write
10. laundry
11. movie
12. comb cats

2006-01-06T14:59:00.000-05:00

what i've eaten so far today

1. coffee, black
2. raw almonds
3. one ("1") medjool date
4. bathtub size soup of japanese morsels
5. salad with japanese dressing
6. california roll
7. ruby pear